Originally Posted by
Dubai Stu
These services are a great backup for those events that you didn't plan for? If you are checking into a hotel that is charging 30 euros a day for internet and you are going to be there for two weeks, go buy a local SIM card. What you need to watch out for is short expiries on these services.
That's what I do when on holiday in the Canaries, where hotel WiFi is pretty much universally awful (well either that or I've been unlucky). Some parts of Africa, also, but data can be expensive in Africa. I've found a local SIM plus iPhone* to be the most reliable option.
* Wouldn't trust Android unless its on a decent, brand name device (my original Nexus 5 is also reliable). I've had cheaper Android devices simply fail to connect to a 3G or LTE network for no apparent reason.